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Initiative Group

Initiative Group

  • Cross-disciplinary representation from the UN and AU

WHO?

The PRME LEADERS+20 Competition is initiated by a cross disciplinary group of representatives from the UN PRME and School of Business and Social Sciences at Aarhus University, Denmark.

INITIATIVE GROUP

PRME

Svend Hylleberg

SVEND HYLLEBERG

Dean and Professor, Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences

PERNILLE KALLEHAVE

Director of Development, Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture (ICOA), MA (Law)

Consultant to the Dean (Sustainability)

CONTACT PERSON

JAN BENTZEN

Professor at Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences

Department of Economics and Business

GERT TINGGAARD SVENDSEN

Professor at Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences

Department of Political Science and Government

ELLEN MARGRETHE BASSE

Professor at Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences

Department of Law

CECILIE BACH JOHANSEN

Student at Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences

Board Member, Aarhus Sustainability Network (AASN)

STATEMENTS

Cecilie Bach Johansen

It's important for me to engage myself in activities such as the PRME LEADERS+20 Competition; I like to get involved and this is an opportunity to make an impact - and possibly go to Rio de Janeiro! I believe it's important to be prepared for the challenges facing our generation and in my opinion, universities and students alike share this responsibility.

Jan Bentzen

I have been teaching cost-benefit analysis for a couple of years - and have research interests related to energy economics - that's why it was an obvious decision to consider and include sustainability issues in relation to my activities, including initiating and participating in the PRME LEADERS+20 Competition.

Gert Tinggard Svendsen

All countries are expected to significantly boost their renewable energy sources over the next decade. This movement from a brown to a green economy creates new market opportunities. In order to become successful first-movers and profit from these emerging markets, it is important that future leaders in business and society have received academic training within such sustainability issues.

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Revised 16.01.2012